An Early Look At Ragnar Tornquist's The Secret World

At the recent Penny Arcade Expo, Funcom revealed a ton of new information on The Secret World, an MMO being designed by Ragnar Tornquist that's aiming to buck several of the genre's common trends. Tornquist also spoke later about several of the game's features and some of the design philosophy that they're working with. The game does not have a traditional class or leveling system. Instead, players gather the powers they want to use and align themselves with various factions of their choosing. "We want you to feel part of a world where the conspiracies are so dense and the politics is so thick that, when you join the secret society as a novice at the very beginning, it's this vast organization, and you'll have no idea how it works initially." PvP will be largely segregated from PvE, and new players will be able to contribute in fights that involve more experienced players. Funcom released some concept art and in-game screenshots for The Secret World to go along with a new cinematic trailer.

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The next new gaming trend

[OrangeTide]

The new fad is to buck the trend. Pretty simple formula really.

Tornquist went on to say...

[edremy]

"And while you're waiting folks, why not check out Funcom's other AAA MMO, Age of Conan? Come view the beautiful land of Hyboria, where studly barbarians are slaughtered by healing classes, the women are all dressed in drab brown leather and...."

At this, Ragnar was pelted with beautifully designed Collector's edition sturdy metal tins before being smothered by hordes of fans carrying little leatherette maps of Hyboria.

Re:We're making our MMO do blah... like EVE

[Vohar]

EVE? More like UO. And before that, MUDs.

The way I see it, EVE is more like Linux. Small overall userbase compared to alternatives. Everything it does is done elsewhere already. User base thinks they're superior for using it.

Knocking Linux and EVE in one post? There goes my karma.